Regulation of Anopheles gambiae male accessory gland genes influences postmating response in female

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-97

  Dottorini, Tania ^a,b   Persampieri, Tania ^a   Palladino, Pietro ^a   Baker, Dean A ^c   Spaccapelo, Roberta ^a   Senin, Nicola ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Heat shock factor; Malaria; Reproductive biology; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GLAND PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871876046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-219444     Document Type: Article

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